National Teacher and Principal Survey of 2023-2024 (NTPS 2023-24) Data Collection
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved with change
04/15/2024
04/10/2024
Agency is beginning work on implementing the updated Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 and will work alongside their OIRA desk officer to ensure that this program adheres to the updated race and ethnicity data standards as soon as possible.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
06/30/2026
06/30/2026
06/30/2026
108,478
0
108,478
52,757
0
52,757
0
0
0
The National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), conducted every three years by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), is a system of related questionnaires that provides descriptive data on the context of elementary and secondary education. Redesigned from the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) with a focus on flexibility, timeliness, and integration with other ED data, the NTPS system allows for school, principal, and teacher characteristics to be analyzed in relation to one another. NTPS is an in-depth, nationally representative survey of first through twelfth grade public and private school teachers, principals, and schools. Kindergarten teachers in schools with at least a first grade are also surveyed. NTPS utilizes core content and a series of rotating modules to allow timely collection of important education trends as well as trend analysis. Topics covered include characteristics of teachers, principals, schools, teacher training opportunities, retention, retirement, hiring, and shortages.
The NTPS serves as the base year for two follow-up collections: The Principal Follow-up Survey (PFS) contacts principals who responded to the previous yearâs NTPS collection to determine whether, one year later, they are working as a principal at the same school as the previous year (âstayersâ), have moved to a different school (âmoversâ), or have left the profession (âleaversâ). The Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) contacts a sample of teachers who responded to the previous yearâs NTPS collection in order to determine whether they are stayers, movers, or leavers, as well as additional questions about their career paths and employment experiences. (TFS and PFS are cleared as part of a separate package under OMB# 1850-0617. The package for TFS/PFS 2024-25 will be cleared in 2024.)
For the 2021-22 and earlier TFS collections, our primary source of information on whether a teacher was a stayer, mover, or leaver (before we sampled and directly contacted those teachers) came from the school at which they worked during the previous year. However, not all schools report that information and, among those that do, they may not know the job status of the prior yearâs teachers. In order to determine whether that information can be collected more accurate and efficiently, we plan to ask NTPS teachers, at the end of the 2023-24 school year, whether they believe they will return to the same school in the 2024-25 school year. If their responses align with the information we later collect from schools and/or teachers who complete the TFS, we may be able to use this information to sample teachers for future administrations of the TFS.
For NTPS teachers who complete the NTPS Teacher Questionnaire web survey, on or after April 15, 2024, we will ask this question as the final item in the survey. For NTPS teachers who complete the survey before April 15, 2024 or who complete a paper questionnaire, we will send them an e-mail invitation asking them to answer this additional question and, if needed, update their contact information. Teachers will only be asked this question once, but we have provided sample questions that reflect the two different ways in which the question may be asked. We estimate that this question will add 1 additional minute of burden for teachers from whom it is part of NTPS Teacher Questionnaire web survey, and 3 minutes for teachers who answer this item through a standalone web survey.
As part of this change, we have updated the estimated burden for teachers to complete the NTPS with the addition of this question in Part A. We have added the text of this question, shown here and in Appendix B, and the accompanying e-mail for teachers who are sent a separate e-mail invitation here and in Appendix A.
US Code:
20 USC 9573
Name of Law: Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
NTPS v46 Senior Staff Communications Change Sheet.pdf
NTPS 2023-24 Senior Staff Communications Materials Change Request Memo.docx
2023-24 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS 2023-24) Preparation for Subsampling Revision